WEST ORANGE, NJ — Turnout was strong for the annual West Orange High School freshman orientation on Aug. 27, as students received their Chromebooks, enjoyed icebreakers and filled out paperwork. Freshman orientation runs for two days and offers the opportunity to meet teachers and fellow students, get their bearings, and complete necessary paperwork. Each student […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Michael McCullom was only a few months away from graduating from West Orange High School this past winter when he was diagnosed with a rare sarcoma, forcing him to be tutored from home so he could begin chemotherapy treatments. Now, the former Marching Mountaineers drumline captain just finished his last round […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Luna Stage kicks off its new American Voices Series — and the 2019-2020 season — with” Soo Jin Pretty Nail (and more!),” written and performed by South Orange resident Susan Hyon and directed by David Skeist. This darkly comic work is inspired by Hyon’s childhood as the youngest of four unhappy […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — The Essex County Department of Public Works will hold a Paper Shredding and Used Tire Recycling Day for county residents on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the DPW, 99 West Bradford Ave. in Cedar Grove. “Along with our Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day and Computer & […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange School District Director of Technology Fil Santiago gave the West Orange Board of Education an update on all of the new technology and ongoing projects his department has been working on over the summer at the Aug. 26 BOE meeting, highlighting new equipment that has been purchased for the […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — New Jersey Monthly magazine recently released its biannual list of “the top towns” in the state, ranking each municipality from best place to live to worst place to live based on a number of criteria. In the 2019 list, Essex County ranged the gamut, with two towns in the top 20, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The award-winning West Orange High School Marching Mountaineers will debut their new fall program, “Which Witch,” on Friday, Sept. 13, during halftime at the WOHS v. JFK home game beginning at 7 p.m. The Marching Mountaineers are fresh off their annual week at Band Camp and ready to take on another […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The conflict between the manufacturer of the air structure at West Orange High School known as the “bubble” and the district is ongoing, delaying the completion of the practice and locker room facility. At an Aug. 26 Board of Education meeting, architect Tony Catana of the Spiezle Architectural Group said the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Stop Suicide Advocacy Coalition will screen “Beyond the Silence,” a feature-length movie loosely based on the novel “Clipped Wings They Do Fly,” by William Michael Barbee, on Thursday, Sept. 12, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Luna Stage, 555 Valley Road in West Orange. Coalition founder Tammy Williams […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges will hold its annual golf tournament on Monday, Sept. 16, at the Montclair Golf Club, 25 Prospect Ave. in West Orange. This year’s event is expected to be the largest in the tournament’s 25-year history, with more than 170 golfers signed up to play. The […]